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Re:The Collapse Of Microsoft's Monopoly from 95% to 20% of C... by dragonbonheur on Saturday December 08, 2012 @12:10AM (#4890732)
Too bad much of computing these days is consuming...
Re:The Collapse Of Microsoft's Monopoly from 95% to 20% of C... by cynwoody on Saturday December 08, 2012 @12:43AM (#4890803)
Yep. Back in the day, before the internet took off, there wasn't much you could do with a computer but develop software, process words, and play games locally. A few people lurked on BBSs — remember them? Remember acoustic couplers?

The internet has swamped all that. Now, computers (sized PC and downwards) are primarily a conduit to the internet, and most computing is consuming and creating internet content, be it web surfing, emailing, social networking, shopping, torrent downloading, whatever.